. water is coming up through the heat vents and it was just flashing and now it's kind of scary. >> the threat of waves is frightening for one neighborhood. this is 9news now. >> and right now we are one hour away from the high tide. an entire town rallying to save one beach side row of houses. as brittany morehouse explains, it's a case of one small community banding together to save some of their own. >> reporter: thousands of sandbags crowd the base of three houses. >> it's been three days of 30-mile per hour winds and relentless waves. >> this is the first time it's ever been this bag. >> reporter: the captain says he used to look out at 60 feet of beach. now he's perched above pounding waters. >> we've had the xhub tee down

here. they're -- community down here. they're helping save these homes. it's underwashing our foundation. >> reporter: volunteers worked on this house putting 700 sandbags down at the bottom. >> we saved this house next door. this is gone. >> reporter: really? >> yes. >> reporter: a close call for family members who if not for fast moving neighbors might be homeless tonight. >> the water is coming up through the heat vents and it was just flashing and that was kind of scary. >> reporter: a typical nor'easter, a phrase that may mean bad weather to some. but for those that live here, it means long hours of tireless wet work with lots of shoveling. >> a lot of friends at school are like what are you talking about. you packed sandbags last night. they don't know what the heck i'm talking about. >> reporter: their smiles tell the story. it's hard work that carries immeasurable rewards. >> it's been a real good experience knowing i can help out my community. >> it's heart warming. >> reporter: brittany morehouse 9news now and wusa9.com. >> and that work goes on even as

we speak. again, high tide is at midnight. the huntington volunteer fire department is on the scene helping with the equipment, the workers and the food. so could anymore blooding happen overnight? let's -- flooding happen overnight? let's check in with topper shutt. he has the forecast first. >> i'm afraid so. high tide is an hour away. we still have a coastal flood advisory. it's been extended now until 7:00 p.m. tomorrow for this very reason. often times after the rain stops, the flooding takes another 24 hours to occur and that the case in this case. now, in terms of winds, they're dying down a little bit. winds are 26 miles an hour on the bay. that's the bad news. let's go to the computer and we'll talk about wave heights and here we are. three-foot waves right where brittany was. still off shore. they're 16, 14, 13 feet waves off the delmarva. so in some respects we're not done with this just yet. we will come back and talk about the wakeup weather in about ten minutes. derek, back to you. looking ahead to tomorrow, virginia governor tim kaine will

reassess some of the storm damage. he'll also tour parts of south hampton roads, ocean view and norfolk. now, this time last night, parts of norfolk were under water. this is video from one of our sister stations where let's just say the reporter really got into his work. you can see the water was just crazy high. now, tonight the wind and rain has started to ease a bit up on the new jersey coast and bridges are starting to reopen as the flood waters recede. about 100 people lost power because of the storm as it rolled through the this morning and parts of the barrier islands also had some severe flooding. as president obama decides what policy to pursue in afghanistan, the army today released a report showing increasing morale problems among the troops there. no surprise that those who have done multiple tours of duty in that country are having the most trouble. gary nurenberg is here with more on that. gary. >> reporter: well, derek, you've really zeroed in on what appears to be the key here. soldiers in their third or fourth tours have lower morale

and higher incidents of stress, psychological and marital problems than those who have been in afghanistan for shorter periods of time. >> they're tired. and it's -- you know, year after year of continual deployment wears on you. >> reporter: the new army reports compares 14% of soldiers have some type of psych logical problem. 21% of men in the lowest ranks are having that kind of trouble. the increasing violence has a relation to the increasing stress. but one military expert says policy plays a roll as well. >> i think a lot of them aren't sure what the policy is. they understood you go in and take out al qaeda, let's go after the terrorist, they get that. what are we doing eight years later? they don't get that. it's not clear what the policy is. >> reporter: after questionable elections, troops are hearing continued criticism of corruption in the government that runs afghanistan. a former marine quit his state department job in frustration in september. >> this is what we want. we want our young men and women

fighting and dying to support a corrupt and illegitimate board of government that only benefits itself. >> reporter: not a universal view but a factor for troops who may wonder what the mission is. it called for more psychological support to be for froot line troops but -- front line troops but there is trained professionals who can help. derek. >> gary nurenberg, thank you. an accused terrorists for the worst attack on american soil will be tried. they will move khalid sheikh mohammed and four of his conspirators out at guantanamo bay and the men will be tried for the 9/11 attacks just a short distance from where the towers once stood. there are some legal concerns. the suspects were held in secret prisons with no access to attorneys and muhammad's confession after he was water

booded 183 -- boarded 183 times in three months. the massacre made or accepted wide transfers with pakistan, a country packed with muslim. and that came on the committee. they charged him with 13 counts of premeditated murder. he is recovering in a texas hospital after a civilian police officer shot him stopping his deadly rampage. doctors now say he may be permanently paralyzed from the waist down. and new at 11:00, the army ordering an investigation into the operations at the arlington cemetery. at issue, an incident involving cremated remains buried at a grave site already in use. the mistake was corrected but now more records are being examined. we contacted robert poole about this investigation and he responded saying while there is cause for concern, i would wait for the results of the army's

investigation to see if there is also cause for outrage. we'll keep you posted. a family who came to arlington today to bury a decorated war hero will have to wait. that's because somebody stole the remains. yesterday that family visited the national museum of the american-indian when somebody broke into their vehicle and stole a bag with schmidt's urn inside it. the cemetery still had a ceremony for schmidt. the discovery of water on the moon is opening up a whole new frontier for space pioneers. after last month's mission to smash a rocket into the moon's surface, nasa says they found a significant amount of water, 26 gallons. i spoke with nasa's chief scientist to see what kind of steps nasa will take next. >> the next step is to continue mapping the moon with the lunar

orbiter. we're running it right here. instead of whacking the moon, we may want to land and explore with robot explorers how much of this stuff is there before we would commit to the kind of thing we would love to do, having human beings, women and men, go visit themselves. >> if there are significant amounts of water on the moon, that could make it easier to set up a base camp there for astronauts. also new at 11:00, a local mother taking on. >> whether it means ruining my daughter's reputation, destroying her chances at college, they don't care. >> the fight with the stool board after they say their mistake could cost her teen her future. plus do they really work? in tonight's consumer alert, we take a closer look at the latest h1n1 so-called cure. top. >> well, right now it's pretty quiet here in northwest. there's a couple sprinkles. 8:00 tomorrow a lot of clouds. they're going to hang tough. a couple of showers are possible. i think we'll be okay for the

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? a trip to france for a group of high school students from sterling, virginia, ended on a sour note after the school suspended 11 honor roll students for drinking. it's a story we'll been following for months and the question is did the school violate its own policy when they gave out that punishment. surae chinn joins us more with answers to that question. >> well, derek, school policy says first time offenders are only supposed to get ten days. a judge says that's not what happened. >> reporter: a trip to school after school officials suspended 11 students on their last day.

>> the judge felt that the school system botched the suspension. >> reporter: her daughter was one of those students suspended for drinking alcohol. a judge recently sided with her saying instead of ten days, the school suspended them for at least 11. that extra day means the record will show up on a college transcript. >> it will damage her reputation. it will damage her academic standing. it will damage her chance of getting into a good student. >> she is a 4.0 student. >> she is 4.9 student. >> they suspended a child that didn't take any alcohol. >> reporter: jack weber says his daughter was one of those that didn't drink but was punished anyway. speaking to the school board this week, he says they broke their own policy. >> force of tactics and threats by chaperones, convictions without evidence. we spoke of allowing some students to carry alcohol back to the united states. >> reporter: weber and other parents want their children's record expunged. >> the majority of the board

turned a deaf ear. thankfully one parent refused to cave. >> why should they get away for punishing her for 11-12 days. >> the only way we can know that is to sign this. >> if they would be straight with them, i'll sign that waiver. >> reporter: and we'll keep you posted on what happens. long-term suspensions are reserved for students who are repeat offenders of the school policy. ironically, erin is being honored next month for outstanding academic achievements. other parents have asked the board to follow suit. derek. >> surae chinn, thank you for that. well, in tonight's flu alert, we're going to shed some lights on products like this uv lamp. it helps prevent or cure h1n1. 9news now armando tool gets us the real scoop. >> i got this on the internet and it's a light. >> reporter: we took the light

to an h1n1 vaccination clinic. it doesn't prevent or cure h1n1 says the fda. and neither does this liquid supplement called silver soul. >> what they're really trying to do is just to pray on people's fears. they recognize that consumers want to protect themselves and their families. and they take advantage of that. >> reporter: false claims. fear monday ger ig mongering. it's all here and it's all for sale. >> it's for $2,995. >> reporter: the fda sent a warning letter to the makers of the silver soul supplement because of its online claims stating it was for the prevent and treatment of all virus infections, including this new swine flu. and the company that makes the uv light made similar claims. just put it in your air duct and

turn it on and this air mister hasn't been proven to kill swine flu either. none of it has been tested or approved by the fda to treat or prevent h1n1. so if you're worried about h1n1, roll up your sleeves and don't fall for products for a false sense of protection. >> and if you roll on over to our website wusa9.com, we've got a list of all of those products the fda says are making phony claims when it comes to preventing or even curing h1n1. well, looking now at stories ahead our newsroom talking tonight, caught on tape in michigan a police officer is off the job after tasering a man in handcuffs. he tries to tazer the man and he misses so he sets the gun back up to try again. this time he makes contact. the man falls over. officers had arrested the guy for allegedly having some

domestic abuse against his estranged girlfriend. the police department suspended the officer for two weeks without pay but they will not file any charges in that incident. now over to japan, a company known for making recyclable bras, you heard me right, has taken the term going green to a whole new level. the latest line can be a portable putting green. it's battery powered. it talks to you saying nice win when you sink a putt. of course topper doesn't have to worry about that. >> well, i never wanted to practice putting. . we're looking at the last of the nor'easter. it's going to move the script. here is your forecast first. the next three days we have to keep showers in tomorrow but it will be milder around 60. most of the showers will be in the morning. there will be few and far

between. some of the high school games that got cancelled today will be tomorrow. i think it will be fine for the heart walk at 10:00 at the corner of madison and 7th northwest. going out there mrs. brikman will be out there. it will be nice on sunday. returning mostly sunny and 70. then nice on monday 66 with sunshine. forecast in detail overnight. cloudy, breezy and cool. some showers although doppler is quiet. lows 45-50. and remember you can always access doppler and interactive radar at our website at wusa9.com. now, for saturday morning, mostly cloudy and cool. some showers. 40s and 50s. winds calm down at about ten. by afternoon mostly cloudy and milder. we'll keep a chance of a couple of showers. high temperatures near 60. winds out of the north at ten. but all and all i think saturday afternoon will be nice. satellite picture radar

combined, look at this thing. until it gets far enough east of us or until it gets past our parallel, it will play an important part in our weather. so while the winds will subside tonight for us, they're still going to pound the coast one more night and that's one more reason why nor'easter's are so much more damaging than hurricanes. it's day after day after day. and we do have a couple of showers to the south of us down towards the southern maryland again and the delmarva and the heaviest rain right now is heading up into new england. so, again, heavy rain up the storms are not quite so much. next seven days, 60s tomorrow. 70 on sunday. just beautiful. and then we have a nice stretch of weather ahead. monday sunshine, mid 60s. and then tuesday, wednesday, thursday and friday we're dry. temperatures either side of 60 which is actually at or above average for this time of year with a high of 64 on thursday. >> very nice. >> uh-huh. >> well, we have a lot of sports going on this weekend. the weather is going to be okay

for it. anything inside you're okay except sunday. ahead in sports, the bad weather isn't bugging college sports fans who head back to the hard wood tonight. the maryland men make their debut. highlights on the terps, players and patriots. and while the caps results look good, there is one thing that doesn't. why the outcome of this play is going to require surgery. details ahead. breathe right, the small strip that gives you...

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and now 9 sports with sara walsh, the best sports in town. >> tonight the university of maryland found the perfect way to cheer up its football fans and that's by getting basketball going. and even though gary williams has said nothing is automatic, the terps were easily on cruise control against charleston southern. and the terps looking for win 100. early second half up 16. hayes one of his 3-3 on the night. hayes finished with ten. terps now up 20. this one to moseley. moseley had 15. but 13 assists for the terps. number 21 georgetown at tulane. greg monroe back in his hometown. draining it. the hoyas led by five at the break. monroe given his home crowd something to cheer for.

the spin move, the layup. monroe had eight in the first half. georgetown just finished up winning 74-58 over tulane. george mason pumped up for the clash with liberty and it was raining 3s for the home team. one of his first half triples. and then the defense took over. long here with the steal and he pulled up right in the defender's mug. the patriots led. they would hold on to win by a score of 76-72. other local scores virginia beats long wood 85-72. american falls to st. francis by four. 65-51. navy beat by radford. howard beaten by indiana. alexander ovechkin could maybe return to the lineup tomorrow night. with the way washington is playing, they might as well tell the superstar to put his feet up

and take a couple of extra days off. this play would cost them someone else. first period mike would break a finger as he crashes into the net. he's going to need surgery. he's out for 3-4 weeks. second period caps down 1-0. mike green the one timer his third goal of the year. that would tie the game and it would stay that way until the third. another defenseman here. the caps win it 3-1. the fourth straight. college football on a friday, west virginia undefeated cincinnati pick it up in the third tied at 14. tony pike would find d.j. woods. cincinnati goes up 21-14. mountain neither in west virginia falls 24-21. >> now operation football. >> on to the high schoolers, and it is win or go home time.

playoff football is here and tonight we bring you a semi final showdown. mcnamara hadn't won a playoff game since 1996 which, for the record, is when i was in high school. mike diving in for the score. falcons up seven. these ladies like it. third quarter good council would go up 20-0. the quarterback into the end zone easily. good council wins big 35-6. and we had a very abbreviated operation football because rain and weather washed out a lot of games. they're trying to make those up tomorrow. >> so mcnamara's job continues. >> sadly. >> it goes on. >> we'll be right back.

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42. i'm talking 42 parking tickets police issued to one car in chicago. someone from the city wrote a toe order on the windshield but the car was never moved. officials say the order had the wrong address on it, whatever that means. since then the vehicle has been wracking up tick ticket after ticket. the owner says his nephew was

the last 1 to drive it. so, what, you're not going to pick it up. you're not going to pick tup. that would be 9news for tonight. thanks for being here. that's crazy. letterman is up next. and don't forget, we're always on at wusa9.com. have a great weekend. i will see you on monday. bye bye. my sunglasses.

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